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July 20th 2016:Dirty Politics: Archaeology and the 2016 Election

It’s an election year in the U.S. and many are anxiously wondering what November will bring. While the presidential race is in full swing (or sling—and you thought OUR jobs were dirty!) archaeologists, like the rest of the nation, are wondering whether the new president will REPresent their values or DEMonstrate a commitment to their goals. The past is a hot topic in the political realm right now: even as archaeology, along with other science, funding has been systematically cut and undermined by proposed legislation, representatives from both sides are calling upon visions of the past to in